Power of the Five Elements: The Chinese Medicine Path to Healthy Aging and Stress Resistance

I actually found this book on amazon and bought it based on the recommendations. This book is exactly what I was looking for and more. Beatifully written, full of great information how to apply the 5 elements in practice. The personalities are so crutial to understand Chinese Medicine and it is difficult to get this information from many text books. This book is immensely valuable for anybody who uses Chinese Medicine.

This is a wonderful book! I’m a certified acupuncturist so I was interested in learning more about five element theory. The book helps people to figure out which of the five elements is most predominant in their personality. It explains how that element can be maladaptive and what the symptoms would be like and also explains certain acupuncture points that people can press on to help themselves. I recognized myself and other people in the various elements. This is really a transformative book!

I am learning quite a bit from this book, the only thing I am sorry about is that I ordered it on kindle and the diagrams are kind of hard to see. I recommend buying the book form. If you have a hard copy you can refer to the diagrams easier. I'm still working with my kindle version and find it very interesting to learn working with the authors information. It is clear but very technical in the explanations, which I find very informative. Even for someone who doesn't have a background in Chinese Medicine can learn alot as it is explained well.

Dr. Moss is an MD who has mastered the art of acupuncture at its best, the way it was intended in ancient Chinese medicine. Dr. Moss is all about rebalancing the entire mind and body, not just short-term limited symptoms relief. I found the ancient Chinese typologies based on observations of patterns of human experience very informative. They help guide you into seeing what your mind and body may need, and what could be missing in your life. Thank you for bringing us these precious insights into digestible chapters.

I bought this book while I was in school hoping to get greater distinctions about each of the elements. I didn't have the capacity then to appreciate the nuances throughout this book. Now that I have been in practice, this book is opening me to powerful insights into how to support my patients in their daily lives. And about how to better care for myself. Buy this one, and keep going back to it until you are suddenly awed by the depth of what you find.

Many stressed Americans are intrigued enough by eastern medicine to try treatments like acupuncture. But how and why are these treatments effective? In the Power of Five Elements, Dr. Charles Moss provides a much-needed context for using Chinese medicine as well as a roadmap to understanding stress and how to improve our adaptation to it. Key to this is our comprehension of our Adaptation Types, that Moss lucidly explains with a synthesis of ancient Taoist wisdom and modern mind-body research. . A truly user-friendly book, Power of the Five Elements employs case histories of patients representing the Adaptation types along with recommendations for healthy lifestyles. This book empowers patients by helping them make knowledgeable choices.

This book brings the five elements to life and has broadened my understanding of acupuncture immensely. I have begun to see connections and nuances in my patients and myself which had never been evident despite having been a physician for over 25 years.The various attributes of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water seemed arbitrary and difficult to understand until I got this book. I am in awe of how incredibly observant and perceptive the ancient Chinese were in developing this style of medicine. Dr. Moss writes from extensive clinical experience over many years and it shows in how well the material is presented. "Power of the Five Elements" is a gem!

Dr Moss gives a comprehensive description of the personalities traits, both in and out of balance, for each of the 5 Elements and techniques for bringing each element back into balance to reduce stress and optimize not only health but all aspect of living a healthy life. The information given is not only applicable to maintaining ones physical, mental, and spiritual health but it can be applied to all life situations to bring everything from family dynamics to corporate culture into an optimum state of balance.

thank you for this amazing work on 5 Elements Dr Moss! It’s extremely enriching. The way you put in strategies as part of adaptation is an added bonus. Cheers and god bless 😁

Very inspiring book

This is the best book i have come across, when interested in the 5 elements. It is a very good handbook for CM diagnosis, beside tongue and pulse. It adresses emotionsof adaptive as well as maladaptive personalities in depth. To me it was an eye opener and recommend it greatly to anyone interested in emotion diagnosis.